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Sunday, 5 February 2017

Good Bye January..... Hello February!

So January passed in a whirl of winter weather, tube strikes
and little downtime, but what I did manage to grab I spent catching up with
friends and loved ones. January also gave me a little time to update the blog
with festive activities and also my Slimming world journey in 2016. I have received
some lovely comments and messages from blogging and social media friends – thank
you for all you encouraging words. I am now on my final stone, which will
probably be my hardest to loose and have spent time with my new food planner
and slimming world magazine looking for inspiration and motivation.

It was definitely a month of catching up with friends that I
haven’t seen for a while, my lovely friend Penny popped up from Cornwall to
spend some time with family and we caught up for a long chat over lunch and then
coffee with our friend Chris, we had lots to talk about and I hope that one day
she will move back nearer. Another friend that came up to London was my lovely
friend Caroline, we caught up for drinks when she made her annual post-Christmas
trip to the city with her Mum from Devon for a few days. As always it felt like
yesterday since I had seen her and it was great catching up over a glass or two,
for a friendship that was born out of blog-land I have definitely made a friend
for life.

January also saw me say goodbye to a very special friend who
passed away quite suddenly. I met her on my first day at work at the tender age
of 16 and she took me into her heart and her home and made me feel like one of
her own, I have grown up with her boys and although we didn’t see each other
lots, I knew that she would be always be by my side if I needed her. I will
miss her dreadfully and cherish the time that we shared.

With changing weather conditions (-4’ some mornings) to
mornings with beautiful sunrises, January also saw me dust off my trainers and get
back to a little running in the park, I was surprised how well I did and will actively
step-up the couch to 5k in February. The Zumba classes are definitely paying
off with fitness. J

January was definitely a bit of a hibernation month, but I
did venture out for an evening at the Theatre to see the fantastic Beverley
Knight in The Bodyguard and look forward to seeing her in concert later this
year.

So with January over, what does February have instore…….As with every month it’s time for a little blog make-over
and also time for some goals and plans for the month:

With friends
celebrating birthdays, it will give me a great opportunity to catch-up post-christmas
and just generally have some time chatting and chilling. Also have a special
little ladies 14th birthday in the diary which I am sure will
involve cake!

The lighter mornings hopefully will kick start my butt into
a little more running and walking, this hopefully will help me to hit my 5 ½ stone
target award.

I have a date night with M planned to the theatre to see
Dreamgirls which I hope he will enjoy, along with some movie nights and lazy Sundays
and rugby fuelled Saturdays (love the 6 nations tournament)

Curry night with the Curry club ladies and a Dinner Date for
Valentine’s day are on the agenda along with friends for Sunday Lunch. It’s
definitely shaping up to be a friends filled February.

I hope everyone’s February plans are equally as lovely and
look forward to reading all about them …….💖

Sunday, 5 February 2017

Good Bye January..... Hello February!

So January passed in a whirl of winter weather, tube strikes
and little downtime, but what I did manage to grab I spent catching up with
friends and loved ones. January also gave me a little time to update the blog
with festive activities and also my Slimming world journey in 2016. I have received
some lovely comments and messages from blogging and social media friends – thank
you for all you encouraging words. I am now on my final stone, which will
probably be my hardest to loose and have spent time with my new food planner
and slimming world magazine looking for inspiration and motivation.

It was definitely a month of catching up with friends that I
haven’t seen for a while, my lovely friend Penny popped up from Cornwall to
spend some time with family and we caught up for a long chat over lunch and then
coffee with our friend Chris, we had lots to talk about and I hope that one day
she will move back nearer. Another friend that came up to London was my lovely
friend Caroline, we caught up for drinks when she made her annual post-Christmas
trip to the city with her Mum from Devon for a few days. As always it felt like
yesterday since I had seen her and it was great catching up over a glass or two,
for a friendship that was born out of blog-land I have definitely made a friend
for life.

January also saw me say goodbye to a very special friend who
passed away quite suddenly. I met her on my first day at work at the tender age
of 16 and she took me into her heart and her home and made me feel like one of
her own, I have grown up with her boys and although we didn’t see each other
lots, I knew that she would be always be by my side if I needed her. I will
miss her dreadfully and cherish the time that we shared.

With changing weather conditions (-4’ some mornings) to
mornings with beautiful sunrises, January also saw me dust off my trainers and get
back to a little running in the park, I was surprised how well I did and will actively
step-up the couch to 5k in February. The Zumba classes are definitely paying
off with fitness. J

January was definitely a bit of a hibernation month, but I
did venture out for an evening at the Theatre to see the fantastic Beverley
Knight in The Bodyguard and look forward to seeing her in concert later this
year.

So with January over, what does February have instore…….As with every month it’s time for a little blog make-over
and also time for some goals and plans for the month:

With friends
celebrating birthdays, it will give me a great opportunity to catch-up post-christmas
and just generally have some time chatting and chilling. Also have a special
little ladies 14th birthday in the diary which I am sure will
involve cake!

The lighter mornings hopefully will kick start my butt into
a little more running and walking, this hopefully will help me to hit my 5 ½ stone
target award.

I have a date night with M planned to the theatre to see
Dreamgirls which I hope he will enjoy, along with some movie nights and lazy Sundays
and rugby fuelled Saturdays (love the 6 nations tournament)

Curry night with the Curry club ladies and a Dinner Date for
Valentine’s day are on the agenda along with friends for Sunday Lunch. It’s
definitely shaping up to be a friends filled February.

I hope everyone’s February plans are equally as lovely and
look forward to reading all about them …….💖

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